Thursday, March 28, 2013

Hello there and happy Spring blogworld! :) I'm back with a lil critter today. I am notorious for creating cards of "girls"... I don't know WHY I gravitate toward stamps of females and such, probably because when I was little I liked paper dolls and such... So it is really a challenge for me to craft things like scenery and animals...

Sunday, March 24, 2013

It's officially spring here in NJ, but we are expecting a snow storm this weekend... Irony... :)
BUT over at the Sunshine Mail Foundation, we ARE still celebrating the arrival of Spring, with a Spring challenge for you! :) To win the goods, you must send in your card within a few weeks BUT the good news is that your card goes for SUCH a great cause! It will be used to brighten a child's day and then some! :)

Monday, March 18, 2013

Hello there and happy Monday! Today I'd like to share with you this adorable little girl after my own heart... Originally I wanted to give her sherbet ice cream to go with the color scheme of the card, but I am a chocolate lover through and through and this kind of just happened. :)

I had lots of fun with her though... She's a digi from The Sugar Kissed Cottage and was created for the lace/ribbons challenge at Craft Your Passion this week. Her vintage style is RIGHT up my alley and I combined her with a lil doily and lace for that soft touch... AND I finally cracked out my washi tape!!! I almost kept going with it too! :) LOVE the stuff....

Friday, March 15, 2013

First up, definitely head over to the Scrap-A-Doodle Doo blog and help us congratulate our first sketch winner! And then check out this month's sketch so you can play along too! :)

THEN head over to Card Makin' Mamas for a sweet Spring colors challenge! :) This card was made using a GAWJUSS Elisabeth Bell image that yours truly won during their recent blog hop... It was made for my mom (have I mentioned she's my number one fan, lol?), whose birthday is June 7. I think she'll love this little lady and the spring colors she's got going on! :)

Monday, March 11, 2013

Hey blogland! Adina here with another Craft Your Passion challenge this week! :) Being on this design team has DEFINITELY kept me on my toes (and crafting regularly!!), which I LOVE!!!

This week's challenge was to use two colors (although we could use derivatives of the color), so I went for my all time favorite combo of mint green/teal with beige/kraft.

The stamp I used for this is from Unity Stamp Co (their stamp of the week club)... I used the sentiment before cause it is perfect for my students' senior cards, but I hadn't found a way to use the flowers until this project. I colored the flowers in using my copics (of course!) and viola, 1, 2, 3, card... :) Oh, and I distressed the two little flowers on the left with ink to make 'em beige and teal as well!

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Hey bloggers! Adina again with a PAST due post! I can't believe I didn't share my "Odd" project from this week's Craft Your Passion challenge!!! After being inspired by another blogger (soooo sorry that I can't remember who!!) some time ago, I went in search of a desk set that was cheap and already made, lol. Then I altered the heck out of it using Unity Stamps's Stamp of the Week, and viola...

Basically, there's the pen, whose box was just altered with some fabric tape and flowers, the notebook that got some kraft paper, fabric tape, a sentiment stamp cut with my Spellbinders and the flower colored in with poppies. Then there are six cards that got similar treatment placed in a plastic box that was ALSO decorated... Phew. Sounds more complicated than it really was lol! :)

It's kinda funny to me how my mom is still my number one fan, so this set was definitely made with her in mind. I already made her Easter gift (post to come!!!) and this is her Mother's Day gift...

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Hey there blogland!! Adina again, back to share a lil creative happiness with ya... This week's challenge at Card Makin' Mamas was "Green"... And our sponsor was Simply Betty Stamps. And lemme tell ya, when I first saw "Green" I was intimidated.Green is NOT my favorite color in the grand scheme of things, and I barely have green papers around... BUT then I saw Witchy Wednesday and she SCREAMED "Elpheba" to me... Then again, I was probably listening to the Wicked soundtrack because, well, I listen to that almost every day...

When I finished the card up, I realized it's time to send another Care Package to my darling Ariana, who I cannot wait to see on Broadway... she's majoring in theater at NYU Tisch, and mark my word, the girl is going to be famous. She is a triple threat and AMAZING, not to mention dynamic... And missed, lol. After Ariana's class graduated, I realized I can never allow myself to become so attached to another set of students again. She is part of probably what I would consider the most talented graduating class I have ever had the chance to teach and, well, I can go on and on but I won't lol. :)

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First and foremost, I am saved by the Grace of God and I am very blessed to be the mommy of a beautiful nine year old daughter and a very active 3 year old son; I am also VERY blessed to be a wife to my dear husband for the past 10 years. I worked as a medical editor in Corporate America for over ten years and am currently a High School English teacher for... interesting Seniors and Juniors in an all girls Catholic High School.
My personal chaos comes from my current scrap addiction. All I ever want to do in my free time is scrap! :) This blog, therefore, is my place to organize my slovenly chaos, showcase my creativity, and share my madness!